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Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion

Grand Perspective. A Contact Book, Contact Books, 1947

Cover design, end papers, maps, and diagrams by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion,

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
  • Year 1947
  • Client/Publisher Contact Books
Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
F. H. K. Henrion studied in Paris, as a textile designer, then exhibition, stage and graphic design. He early clients included Levant Fair, 1936, Paris International Fair, 1937, Glasgow Empire Exhibition, 1938 and New York World Fair, 1939. During the war he was the consultant to the exhibitions division of the Ministry of Information and to the American Office of War Information in London. He was also the art editor of Contact, Future, BoAC publications, The Bowater Papers and The Compleat Imbiber. His later clients included the Festival of Britain, 1951, Olivetti, the British Transport Commission and KLM. Explore related designers including Tom Eckersley, Abram Games, and Ken Garland. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, and Rise of Corporate Identity.
Contact Books
Contact Books were a British wartime publication series documenting art, design, and culture during and after the Second World War, designed by leading British graphic designers.

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Grand Perspective. A Contact Book, Contact Books, 1947
Grand Perspective. A Contact Book, Contact Books, 1947
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